So you basically want to believe what you believe. The point of the thread was?
No Milly, I'm just stating the facts. Are relationships not more formal in the west???
Even a child/parent relationship is.
Ofcourse, I know there are exceptions... but generally speaking, there is always a barrier between two different people, who are not related to each other by any means... and I've seen this "barrier" even between parents and their children in Ireland.